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The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul of Granada-sur-l-l--Adour is a Catholic religious building located in the Landes department in New Aquitaine. Founded in the context of the bastid created in 1322, it is dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul. The first mention of a priest, Nicolas de Fabrica, dates back to 1340, attesting to his central role from the fourteenth century.

The current construction seems to date from the second half of the 15th century, after the Hundred Years War. During the Wars of Religion, the church was burned and partially destroyed in 1569 by the Huguenot troops of Montgomery, making the place unusable for decades. The repairs, begun in the 17th century, were completed in 1770 under the direction of the mason Jean Gochard, with the reconstruction of the vaults and the addition of the East chapel by Gabriel de Duomil.

The church architecture combines Romanesque (arcs in the middle of the circle) and Gothic (broken arches, ogival portal). His flat bedside and three-span nave are notable, as is the symbolic shift of the choir, evoking the inclination of Christ on the cross. The eighteenth century pulpit, classified in 1911, comes from the Abbey of Saint John of Castella. The two towers of the façade, added in 1836, complete its present appearance.

The building houses remarkable works, such as a carved panel depicting the Good Shepherd and the Evangelists, or a statue of Saint Paul with his sword, symbol of his martyrdom. These elements, along with the baptistery grid of a deer, illustrate the heritage and spiritual richness of the place. The church has been listed as historical monuments since 2004.

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